The company further extends these options with the NanoTest Xtreme, which offers a vacuum environment testing at a temperature range between -100ºC and 950ºC with no sample frosting or oxidation.

Micro Materials has years of experience in offering instruments for low and elevated temperature testing. Until recently, the shortcomings of these instruments have been frosting/condensation at sub-zero temperatures and oxidation at high temperatures.

These limitations can be offset by carrying out the testing under vacuum, further extending the temperature capabilities of the NanoTest.

Key Features

The following the key features of the NanoTest Xtreme:

Backfill to perform testing under alternative low oxygen conditions

The Cryo stage coupled with high temperature stage provides a test temperature range from -100ºC to 950ºC

Load range of 10 µN to 500 mN

10-5 mbar vacuum

can be used with all standard NanoTest techniques:

Nano-fretting

Nanoindentation

Nano-scratch and wear

Nano-impact

​The Xtreme comes with a high resolution optical microscope as a standard feature and can be augmented with the 3D profiling stage.

Key Benefits

The main benefits of the NanoTest Xtreme are listed below:

High and low temperature capability to match the in use operating temperature of test materials